The EGG - Keep Vegetables Fresh with this One Year Refill and 2-Pack Guardian Package!

Looking for the magic way to the age old quesiton "how do I keep my vegetables fresh?".  Keep fruits and veggies fresh using the EGG!

Health experts always tell us to eat more fresh produce to boost our health. Well now we can without the worry of our fruits and vegetables going bad before we have a chance to consume them. The EGG (Ethylene Gas Guardian) is a small device that when placed in the produce drawer of your refrigerator will absorb the ethylene gasses emitted by fruits and vegetables which cause them to decay. The result is your fruits and vegetables stay crisper, taste better, and retain nutrients longer, saving you money!

About the E.G.G Vegetable Keeper:

Checkout the examples below!

HOW THE EGG WORKS

Substrate
Since we have chosen to use potassium permanganate as our oxidizer, we need to choose a way to make it the most available for reacting with the ethylene gas in our refrigerator. We need a support medium that will allow the ethylene to contact the oxidizer so it may be reacted away. Industry does this in several ways, or course, but for the home refrigerator application we like the use of natural zeolite. Zeolite is a pure form of volcanic ash that has a very high surface area, providing an ideal substrate for the ethylene oxidation to occur.

Natural zeolite is often used as an odor absorber and a humidity stabilizer in refrigeratores, closets, and automobiles. The very high surface area traps odor molecules and absorbs water when humidity is too high - releasing it back into the atmosphere when it gets too dry. Of course, the zeolite used in the Ethylene Gas Guardian serves those purposes, but its function as a support medium for removing ethylene is its main purpose.

The zeolite used in the E.G.G. is from an exceptionally high quality deposit. After the crushing and grading of the zeolite, there are no fines and virtually no dusting. The potassium permanganate is applied to the zeolite using a patented process that lays the active chemical on the surface uniformly all the way to the center of the zeolite. The resulting product has the highest reactive chemical, 6%, and the best cationic exchange capacity of any in the industry.

Packets
The KMnO4 coated zeolite is then packaged in Tyvek packets that are water resistant, but are highly permeable to ethylene. It contains the zeolite and prevents any fines from getting out of the eggs and onto your produce. Although the contents are not harmful, they can be colorful, making the produce less attractive to eat.

"Eggs"
A very important feature in the Ethylene Gas Guardian is its egg design. 
In order to maintain the very low concentrations of ethylene necessary to protect the produce in your refrigerator, there has to be a lot of contact between the air and the potassium permanganate. If the zeolite packet were dropped into your produce crisper as is, it would quickly find its way to the bottom of the drawer.

The vented egg design prevents cutting off the circulation that is required for effectiveness from happening.
It is unlikely that anything could inadvertently fall onto the egg that would totally restrict air flow. Ideally, the eggs should be placed in separate drawers to further limit the possibility that restricted air flow would reduce its effectiveness. By having two points of possible contact between the ethylene in the air and the KMnO4 on the zeolite, the lowest possible level of ethylene can be maintained.

Time for Replacement
The reaction between the ethylene and potassium permanganate oxidizes the ethylene away and, or course, reduces the potassium permanganate away, too. The amount of potassium permanganate available will last at least 3 months in most home refrigerators. After 3 months you should replace the E.G.G., or the packets inside the egg. Refill packets are available.

Don't throw the spent zeolite away !

We recommend that you put the spent zeolite on your plants. The zeolite is a natural soil and the MnO2 provides trace minerals to the soil. Your plants will love it.